For the second or third programming course.
A practical and unique approach to data structures that separates interface from implementation.
This book provides a practical introduction to data structures with an emphasis on abstract thinking and problem solving, as well as the use of Java. It does this through what remains a unique approach that clearly separates each data structure's interface (how to use a data structure) from its implementation (how to actually program that structure). Parts I (Tour of Java), II (Algorithms and Building Blocks), and III (Applications) lay the groundwork by discussing basic concepts and tools and providing some practical examples, while Part IV (Implementations) focuses on implementation of data structures. This forces the reader to think about the functionality of the data structures before the hash table is implemented.
New to this Edition
NEW. 120 new exercises.
NEW. This edition provides additional discussion on using classes (Chapter 2), writing classes (Chapter 3), and interfaces (Chapter 4).
NEW. Chapter 6 contains additional material discussing the running time of lists, the use of maps, andthe use of views in the Java Collections API.
NEW. The Scannerclass is described, and code throughout the text makes use of the Scanner class.
NEW. Chapter 9 describes and implements the 48-bit linear congruential generator that is part of both the Java and many C++ libraries.
NEW. Chapter 20 has new material on separate chaining hash tables and the StringhashCodemethod.
- Part One Tour of Java
- Part Two Algorithms and Building Blocks
- Part Three Applications
- Part Four Implementations
- Part Five Advanced Data Structures